Artuke, La Condenada Vintage:2018 Grippy end

Grippy end

Tasted from an ex-château bottle at BI Wine & Spirits Calon-Segur dinner in London

exploding from the glass with bombastic notes of chocolate-covered cherries

and confirmed itself as a wine of early appeal loaded with easy charm

the vines are accustomed to the heat

Artuke, La Condenada Vintage:2018 Grippy endTempranillo, Graciano, Garnacha, Palomino Fino grown at 560 m above sea level in Baos de Ebro. Old bush vines planted in 1923. Organic viticulture. 100% destemmed. Aged in an oak foudre of 600 litres. 780 bottles. Tasted blind. How I like Artuke's wines and how they still stand out in a blind tasting! This wine is unsettling in the best of senses because it combines concentration with great finesse. A wine that flows very well, with elegance, but that